As summer 2011 winds down and record numbers of kids are coming home from Jewish camp, parents all over North America are wondering: What did my child do this summer at camp? The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is pleased to share that amidst the lip dubs and flash mobs, campfire sing-alongs and Maccabiah competitions, kids of all ages were participating in a variety of amazing and inspiring activities at nonprofit Jewish overnight camps this summer.
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The Isaac Mayer Wise Academy and the URJ Greene Family Camp Establish Eco-Village
The Union for Reform Judaism’s (URJ) Greene Family Camp (GFC) announced the establishment of the Isaac Mayer Wise Academy Eco-Village at GFC in Bruceville, Texas. One of the main benefits of the Wise Academy Eco-Village program is that it will educate and inspire the entire camp to become a macro eco village.
A garden at Jewish summer camp: Who knew what its effects would be?
Every summer growing up I would arrive at my favorite place on Earth with jitters in my stomach, wondering who my bunk mate would be and if I would get the top bunk. These feelings were always part of the first day of camp at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute. I was always so antsy driving through the gates and having our lunch and introductions “upstairs” (the area where the buildings and cabins were). I couldn’t wait to head “downstairs” (the area where we lived in tents as opposed to cabins), to my home for the next three to six weeks.
Camp Coleman: Recipes from the Campscape Garden
Shalom! It’s been a wonderful few weeks here in the garden (or Campscape as we know it at Camp Coleman). Together, we’ve planted loads of tomatoes, basil, peppers, squash, and flowers. This past Thursday we harvested our first fruit- a juicy Roma tomato! In celebration of this big first, the Shehecheyanu was recited.
What will it take to green Israel’s cities?
Read the Ha’aretz article on the groundbreaking Jewish environmental education that is taking place at Kibbutz Lotan, one of the Reform Movement’s two kibbutzim in Israel, and an active laboratory of sustainable living.
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